Backpacks for children in need

Updated 9:08 pm, Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Teen volunteers and Cap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Teen volunteers and Cap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Photo: Selby Smith

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Teen volunteers and Cap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, at Cap Com in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Teen volunteers and Cap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, at Cap Com in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Photo: Selby Smith

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Teen volunteers and CCap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Teen volunteers and CCap Com staff gather school supplies to assemble backpacks for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Photo: Selby Smith

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School supplies are gathered by teen volunteers and Cap Com staff for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

School supplies are gathered by teen volunteers and Cap Com staff for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Photo: Selby Smith

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Scott LaBarge, 17, of Clifton Park, left, and Ethan Carter, 18, of Clifton Park, right, assemble backpacks with school supplies for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union) less

Scott LaBarge, 17, of Clifton Park, left, and Ethan Carter, 18, of Clifton Park, right, assemble backpacks with school supplies for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby ... more

Photo: Selby Smith

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Alexander Cafaro, 17, of Clifton Park assembles backpacks with school supplies for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Alexander Cafaro, 17, of Clifton Park assembles backpacks with school supplies for local children in need Monday morning, Aug. 4, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith/Special to the Times Union)

Photo: Selby Smith

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ALBANY -- Volunteers and staff from Cap Com Federal Credit Union put together backpacks of school supplies on Monday to deliver to underserved elementary schools.

Among those receiving the backpacks are schools enrolled in the School Banking Program as well as St. Catherine's Center for Children, Marillac Family Shelter, Joseph's House & Shelter, Girls Inc. of the Greater Capital District, Equinox Youth Shelter, the Capital District YMCA, Centro Civico and St. Paul's Center for Women & Children.